William Henry Maddocks (18 February 1921 – 23 July 1992) was a British trade union leader.
He joined the National Union of Dyers, Bleachers and Textile Workers (NUDBTW), and became its full-time organiser for the West of England in 1963.
[1] He was a more left-wing figure than the union's previous leaders, and described one of his predecessors, Jack Peel, as a "Judas" for his criticisms of British trade unions while Director of Industrial Relations at the European Economic Community's Social Affairs Directorate.
[2] Maddocks organised a merger of the NUDBTW into the Transport and General Workers' Union (TGWU), which was completed in 1982.
Although he was expected to take up a post as a National Secretary of the TGWU,[3] his health was poor, and he decided instead to retire.